Exercises
Implication, Suggestion and Innuendo 

Show what is suggested but not implied in the following examples. To do this show how the suggested conclusion may be false even if the statements made in the examples are true.

1. 100 people were killed or injured in yesterdays earthquake.

2. Not only am I out of work, but everyone I know is either unemployed or knows someone who is.

3. Professor Bludgeon fails 25% of his minority students.

4. The president has always worked hard to present the appearance of an honest man.

5. Fundamentalist Muslims are flooding into our civilized country.

6. I can't respect a man who would mistreat his wife in public.

7. No health conscious people will drink tap water.

8. I didn't fight in three wars to make this country safe for the likes of you.

9. This year's rainfall is 300% over last year's.

10. On average, a person is three times more likely to be treated for a medical condition today than he was 20 years ago.

11. We currently have no reason to believe that Mr. Pheeper did not commit the crimes of which he is accused.

12. In the mid 1950's lung cancer overtook polio as the nation's leading killer.

13. No matter what anyone says, the fact is that cigarette smoking has not been absolutely proven to be harmful.

14. The Senator has been campaigning in a community inhabited by animal rights activists and proponents of abortion.

15. There is no evidence that the death penalty deters crime more effectively than life imprisonment.

16. Einstein may have been a great physicist, but until now very few people have heard about how he treated his wives and children.

17. The vast majority of people who don't believe in affirmative action are white. Doesn't that tell you something?

18. Everyone is worried about the safety of genetically engineered foods, but the fact is that the genetically engineered crops are the most thoroughly researched and tested of all food products.

19. You know how Bob is always crying poor? Yesterday I saw him sitting in a brand new Corvette.

20. A lot of women who are against capital punishment seem to see nothing wrong at all with having an abortion.

21. The rate of violent crimes committed by women has been increasing for the past three years.

22. Coffee drinkers are more likely to get lung cancer than non coffee drinkers.

23. At this point, supporters of globalization don't even bother to deny that it will cause a significant percentage of jobs now done in the US. to be lost to foreign labor. It just doesn't matter to them.

24. I don't know a single person who thinks that there is anything wrong with smoking marijuana, yet the prisons are filled with people who were put there for selling it.

25. Professor Hatakeyama just moved to this country last year and the students in class have a very hard time understanding what he is talking about.

26.  Few people are aware of the fact that people who begin a vigorous exercise program increase their risk of having a major heart attack.

27.  Women who get breast implants are three times more likely to commit suicide than those who don't.

28.  Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.

29.  Chancellor Reed's paycheck is $30,208 every month!  Faculty paychecks are peanuts by comparison.  Yet, Reed walked away from the bargaining table instead of increasing the faculty's salary.